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Liebesrausch, D179

Introduction

This song has some of the pulsating magic of Nähe des Geliebten written a few months earlier. The glory of it lies in the impassioned and taut vocal line (which irresistibly recalls Ungeduld from Die schöne Müllerin) and the chromatic vigour of the underpinning bass. The movement of the rich and significant inner voices in the postlude brings Nähe des Geliebten, as well as the opening of Memnon, to mind). There is rapture and pain here a-plenty with wrenching modulations which make this seem very much a young man's music. A picture of Körner himself is obviously in the composer's mind. Having captured his essence, Schubert set about writing another song on the same day which is equally evocative of Körner's mercurial personality, Sehnsucht der Liebe.

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For you, maiden, my heart beats,
gently trembling, filled with love and devotion.
In you, in you, my striving ceases;
you are my life’s fairest goal.
Your name alone has filled my bold heart
with sacred tones.
In the radiance of goodness and beauty
your noble image shines for me.

Love burgeons from tender seeds,
and its blossoms never wither.
You, maiden, live in my dreams
with sweet harmonies.
I am fired with the rapture of inspiration;
boldly I pluck the strings,
and all my loveliest songs
utter your name alone.

My heaven glows in your eyes;
my paradise is upon your breast.
Ah, all the charms that adorn you
are so fair, so sweet.
My breast surges with joy and pain;
one desire alone dwells within me,
one thought alone lies here in my heart:
eternal yearning for you!